Woman, horses killed in deadly truck crash

Stephen Cauchi

A woman and two horses are dead after a semi-trailer collided with two vehicles at Dixons Creek, near Healesville, last night.

The semi-trailer apparently jack-knifed on the Melba Highway around 8.20pm, causing a head-on collision with a Mitsubishi van and Nissan Navara. The sole occupant of the Mitsubishi, a Dandenong woman aged in her 50s, died at the scene.

The two occupants of the Navara – a female driver, 29, from Pakenham Upper and a Berwick woman, 21 – were taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Navara was towing two horses in a float, both of which were killed. One died at the scene and the other was put down by a local ranger.